This software package generates high-dynamic range environment map from a
single image by using an approach described in the following paper:
J.-F. Lalonde, A. A. Efros, and S. G. Narasimhan. Webcam clip art: Appearance
and illuminant transfer from time-lapse sequences. ACM Transactions on
Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2009), 28(5), December 2009.
Please cite this paper if you use this code in your work. See
'demoEnvMapGeneration.m' as a starting point on how to use the software, which
should be self-explanatory. Let me know if you have questions.
*** REQUIRED 3RD-PARTY SOFTWARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKAGE ***
- the 'parseargs' matlab function by Malcolm Wood available at:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10670-parseargs-simplifies-input-processing-for-functions-with-multiple-options
*** REQUIRED SOFTWARE NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKAGE ***
- environment map conversion routines, available at
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jlalonde/software.html#envMapConversions
- sky model code, available at
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jlalonde/software.html#skyModel
*** NOTES ***
The cloud synthesis step described in the paper is not currently available as the
original implementation used a version of the Image Quilting code which is not
publically available. One should be able to find freely-available implementations
online, however.